Class of 2017 (From Nepal) - Official Discussion Thread. . .

<p>Yeah, DePauw doesn’t give much need-based aid at all unless you’re seriously exceptional, but if you are that good, your chances are good for everywhere else (the one person I do know who attends DePauw is paying 8k, but need was covered by merit aid, not need-based aid). Also, it’s not so much that they want money as much as they do not have it for intls. However, you can be somewhat optimistic this year because of the recent $20m donation to DePauw for providing aid to students, and since it is institutional money, you could, hopefully, get some of it :)</p>

<p>@Vivaciousakrish: Thanks mate. Let’s hope some good aid.</p>

<p>@nepalimussa: I too applied Berea. But have not got any confirmation or anything from the college.
Did anybody else get any news from the college?</p>

<p>@vivaciousakrish: are you sure the person attending Depuw got merit aid that big? Depauw says 19k is the highest merit-based aid it provides for internationals.</p>

<p>everyone: Caldwell or Allegheny? Which one would you prefer to attend and why?</p>

<p>No, she is someone I know of. However, she is in the Class of 2013. Things may have changed now. Although I have checked the website, and they do have some very generous merit scholarships, but those are very difficult to get. Certainly, if you can get one of those, then you are likely to get somewhere else too.</p>

<p>Caldwell is not a good school, at all. No competition here.</p>

<p>I got the email confirming that my package was received to Berea.</p>

<p>To be honest, I am not expecting anything more from Depauw. They have not even given decision of Honors program which I was supposed to get a week earlier.</p>

<p>Interesting thing is that I have come to figure out Depauw as " little Colby Sawyer." in terms of acceptance and merit aid they provide.</p>

<p>hey what happen if the decisions letters get lost during air-mail? </p>

<p>Guys, I have a situation here. I wrote my permanent home address listed in my passport (Chitwan) in my common application. Now all the mails from colleges are being sent to Chitwan. It is not possible to go to Chitwan every time the colleges send me a document via air mail. The colleges never asked me for my mailing address. </p>

<p>I heard many colleges just send an acceptance/rejection letter without notifying us in email? What if the mails are lost? How will I even know if they are lost?</p>

<p>I think we can change the mailing address in the college login site. But not sure.</p>

<p>The best thing is to call the colleges and ask them to email you your decision on individual basis… </p>

<p>Another thing is, also ask them to change your mailing address to the recent one… you provide them the recent one… coz I-20 and other documents are also going to come to you through mail only… </p>

<p>Many colleges I have applied to have that option of changing mailing address within the applicant status webpage… So check that with the colleges you’ve applied to… if that is the case…</p>

<p>I agree with Jacobswannabe…
You may not know whether your I-20 ( and other materials) are lost but you can definitely know whether the particular college has made its decisions. If they have, shoot them a message stating that you want to change your mailing address ( off course after waiting a week if the decisions are out)…If they aren’t, NOW is the best time to do it.</p>

<p>OK… Even after all this, the worst thing would be losing the I-20… I think they can easily provide that…you will need an e-mail explaining the circumstances…
Hope it helped…</p>

<p>thank you very much everyone…so many helpful people in cc! I think I am going to have to email every college requesting them to update my mailing address. Two colleges have stated that they have already sent my decision letters via air mail. Should I ask them to resend those to my mailing address?</p>

<p>A lot of colleges have sent cute brochures to Chitwan. Certainly make us feel special as applicants, don’t they?</p>

<p>I suggest you to wait a week… And if you don’t receive anything by then, ask for the new ones…
Yes indeed, the brochures make us feel special…
That’s one of the things that has motivated me to complete my application with dedication :D</p>

<p>Everyone: Which is better?

  1. Attending a safety with a full ride or
  2. Attending a good school, lets say one in range with St. Olaf, paying 13k per year</p>

<p>Please keep in mind that my family can afford 13k for the first year and only 5k for consecutive years. That means I need to work to earn the remaining 8k second year onwards.</p>

<p>Any insight, any suggestion will be a great help.</p>

<p>I would go with option no 2 if the range is somewhat around 5-9k.</p>

<p>However,what matters more is gratuduate school. So, when you advocate that school does not matter in college application, you can always go with safety college, perform good and try for top notch graduate program. Hope everyone understands what reference I am taking.</p>

<p>Also i think we have to take visa issues into consideration. But 5-9k option two is possible?</p>

<p>When you have full ride, you won’t be denied of visa.(I believe).
When you get into college ,say st.olaf ,and when you get I 20 of 5-9k, you get scholarship of around 45k. It, thus,will be hard to reject such I_20 as well.</p>

<p>It is win- win situation here.</p>

<p>I would suggest you chose number 2 because

  1. As I have known, it is extremely difficult for an international student to get a job in US( you must be looking forward to it in the near future). And better the college, the better the chances are…</p>

<ol>
<li><p>There’s hardly any competition in safety colleges. If you think you will do great in the college, you might have to work very very hard because only few students in safety colleges perform well in academics. The environment in such colleges is not very ‘study’ /academic type ( not the word I am looking for, but I think you got it)
. This could be a very bad thing for someone. But it all depends upon you. In contrary, in good colleges, the competition is good and other academics stuffs are good.
But again, it all depends upon you how well you perform</p></li>
<li><p>If you want to study further( like graduate studies), then your undergraduate college will definitely come into account because again you will be needing some sorts of scholarships or aids… And a safety college is definitely gonna be a some sort of hindrance…</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Anyways, that’s what I think. But if you are really going to attend a safety college, then check the stats of the college. How many ‘international’ students get jobs or attend universities for graduation. If the stats are good and you like the college, then what else do you need…</p>

<p>^ post no. 416 from batuli
A thumbs up!</p>

<p>Go for full ride option, if you have full ride Vs St Olaf (around 10k) option. But, take location of school into consideration. To get a job, internships are the most important things. And, to get a good grad school, your GPA (/Research) matters a lot.</p>

<p>@batuli
I can’t reply your message because I have less than 15 messages. I know a person, who graduated from there, and is working right now. But, I don’t feel comfortable writing his name in public.</p>